Dáil
Written Answers. - Food Additive Controls.
172 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Health the current position in relation to controls on the use of aspartamine as a sweetener. [1503/97]
Comment on this
The use of sweeteners in foodstuffs is regulated in Ireland by the European Communities (General Provisions on the Control of Additives, and in Particular Colours and Sweeteners for Use in Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1995 (S.I. No. 344 of 1995), which transpose into Irish law the provisions of several EU directives on the use of such additives in food.
Under these Regulations, aspartame (EC No. E 951) may be used as an additive in food in accordance with the following table: